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I feel your pain Malone, I usually break my toes on the feet of blackbelts, I think I prefer your method.

Hi All I'm Lesley, I'm 40. I've been a raving martial arts lunatic for a while now... it's been 4 months since my last confession... I mean session. I've got some annoying, permanent medical issues that have flared up due to work-office environment issues, but I'm hoping next saturday is the day I go back to kicking black…

Hi, I agree with the others here, you already run. You could instead up your endurance with some HIITS? This helped me increase my mileage relatively quickly (and eventually speed). You could try a 5-min increase of speed (easiest on treadmill, but you could use lampposts or a timer instead) Every min or 30 seconds…

Hi, I do Shotokan Karate. I know where you are coming from. I love karate, doesn't matter if i'm losing at sparring (inevitable) it's all fun for me. Upper body wise, I am particularly weak as most of my sports are leg centric. So I focus on Push-ups, planks, pull-ups (I can't do those so jump up and lower slowly instead).…

[/quote] The fact that you have a medical condition that requires you to cut back on carbs is not relevant to the premise of the book which is that no one should eat grains because terminal inflammation. Would you recommend everyone stop eating wheat because it's bad for you?[/quote] MPH323 Please re-read my post, I said…

Speaking for myself, i do not do well on a diet with the gov's recommended dose of carbs. I read Wheat Belly (and a few other similar books) ages ago and while I don't medically need to cut wheat and it's ilk out completely, cutting down has definately made a massive difference to me. Apart from putting on a poop-tonne of…

Derick, ignore bmi is a useless measure that tells you absolutely nothing about your body - other than you have a height and a weight of some description, you may as well jump in the bath and measure the water displacement. I always find BMI so unrewarding... checks... yep I'm STILL 5'5", bugger. If you don't already,…

Ignore the weirdos. On the plus side, you're getting encouragement. My experience is sexist or just stupid comments. The only time it's acceptable (as far as i'm concerned) for someone to say anything, is another runner (running at the time) or someone you know. Everyone else is a weirdo. ;)

Ugh! @ swear filter.

I never had a problem with shin splints as a new runner. I have it now about 10 years in, possibly related to currently having tendonitis. I still run slowly (currently back down to a 50min 5k cos i have to walk some) and the furthest i've run is 10k (i think). I often have to restart walk/running due to a medical…

Out of interest are you keeping a diary of your body measurements? Is it possible you're not losing weight but toning/strengthening up - depends on your exercise regime of course. It is most likely, as others have said, food related. But it is also worth keeping a track of how your body changes as it makes you look at how…

I'm not sure where you are, but if you're in Britain Tesco's do a small tub of coconut bits in the fruit section- it's lush! or make these - http://www.natalieshealth.com/2015/12/healthy-coconut-bites/ My way of getting round sweet cravings was to re-educate my brain into thinking certain fruits are sweets. So i now have…

I agree with lorrpb and JoRocka, either of those is good. I also prefer to shower at the gym, as it's an hour or more from my house depending on traffic; 3 min walk from work. Nae subjecting my poor car to my sticky-stench for that length of time.

Easiest way to tell if your feet will fit is to try them on. I can't wear kids running or footie trainers (size 5.5) because the toe box isn't wide enough (square toes). But kids basketball trainers fit fine. As long as they fit you properly and you're not squeezing your foot in there won't be any issue, other than the…

join a club :D best way to get all the advice and support you need, they'll probably also have club resources on training and nutrition as well as plans and logging tools. And possibly discounts to events and the pool/gym they use. yearly membership for most tri clubs isn't horrendous considering you're doing 3 sports and…

Lol Amanda, mental image of you doing scorpion in the kitchen while waiting for kettle to boil. Missy, i go for a 30 to 45 mins walk at lunch time, or run with some of my colleagues or alone if it's raining or 'too cold' (bloody fair-weather runners). I don't walk when it's peeing down cos i don't have a change of clothes…

I swear this is why my husband stopped running with me... sheer embarrassment. wheeeeeeeee!!!!! *much hand in air jiggling* aaaarrrggghhhh, woohoooooo *more arm jiggling* *maniacal laughing*. Yep, bikes! Just keep in mind it's easier and safer for runners/walkers to get out of the way, or make room than it is for a biker…

Hugs for you and Husband. I hope the chemo doesn't affect him too much. jamie oliver does a feta-spinach pie in his 30 minute meals. I make them in large muffin tins (use baking paper/muffin cases cos they're a sod to get out). They taste great with baked beans, and can be eaten alone hot or cold. You can make it quicker…

Yep try a different chiro if the session tnite isn't of use, they should have diagnosed it the first time round, if not then he/she should have been able to tell you what it wasn't. Chiros are generally quicker than gps/a&e at figuring out what the problem is simply due to their having touched you alot! oo-er. If they're…

HI Lizery, best way to get use to downhill running is to start off slowly and get a feel for it so you can start trusting yourself, your shoes and the terrain before doing it at your usual speed. Lean forward a little from the ankles (try not to lean back), shorten your gait to begin with, slow your pace, keep your legs…

Yep, agree with Niner here too, boxing (or any martial art upper body stuff) against a bag (or willing, pad-holding husband) is a great way to stay fit without much impact going through your hips, knees. I would suggest some lessons in it first though as it's easy to twist hips and knees wrong if you've never done it or a…

Hi, Blogilates and anything like that is a good place to start as you can do it at home and no one can see you. I'd not bother with anything you have to pay for yet, so 30 day shreds or piit28, as you say you aren't able to do casseys full free sessions yet. You're not alone in being a complete beginner. Just give yourself…

Definately have fun. It's your first one, you will be nervous! Don't see this one as a competition but just as a laugh and to see what it's like. Don't worry about T timings or over all timing, go see what it's like to participate and enjoy yourself. Next triathlon you will know what to expect and can start improving on a…

Can you use runs as your warm up? If so you could get some hiits in. Or can you run to work, or run at lunch time? If you don't have the energy for runs i'd suggest you're actually not eating enough. I regularly do 2 or 3 different sports on the same day. For instance I run 15 mins each way to 1.5hrs of karate, I run a…

As Sara suggested swimming would be good, my stepdad had both hips replaced and was told if he wanted to do breast stroke to do it just with arms but do crawl with legs. If you can crawl then just do that but i find breast/crawl is quite nice. You can also do backstroke with no legs. A pull-buoy for your legs would be…

I love my garmin 920xt, it's on the pricey side, but due to a nike sportsband (non-gps) and a £80 garmin-gps giving less than accurate results or taking forever to pick up a signal i decided to fork out. It also allows husband to track me when I go running alone, in case i fall into a ditch and get washed away. HR monitor…

I didn't even know there was such as thing as OA! Thanks OP for starting this post :)

Loads of good sources out there you can eat: Avocados, bananas, spinach, sweet potato, coconut water, white beans, acorn squash, natural yoghurt, to name but a few easy to find/eat ones.

As above really. You may find you don't get enough salt in your diet normally and the bag of crisps is actually your saviour (I have this issue). Try adding in something like high-5 zero, or o.r.s (oral rehydration salts) tablets in your drinks to add electrolytes back into your diet without it being in your food. Hope…

Does your gym have an armbike? Seated rows using a cable machine rather than a rowing machine would be better as you can place your feet to allow one leg to take all/most of the strain, harder to do on a rowing machine. Boxing or punch bag training. Wheelchair Fencing, basketball, rubgy, football, etc, not just for those…